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Table 1 Interview guide based on conceptual model of HLS-EU

From: Exploring health literacy in relation to noncommunicable diseases in Samoa: a qualitative study

Theme of HLS-EU

Questions

Health care

• What have you heard about diabetes?

• What do you know about diabetes?

• Why is it important?

• How easy or difficult is it for you to find information on diabetes?

• What have you heard about high blood pressure (hypertension)? What do you know about high blood pressure?

• How easy or difficult is it for you to find information about high blood pressure?

• How difficult is it to access the health facility when you or family member is suffering from diabetes or hypertension?

• How can diabetes be treated? How can high blood pressure be treated?

• How well do you understand the information you receive concerning diabetes and high blood pressure?

• How can you judge if this is relevant for you, or for members of your family or your friends?

Disease prevention

• What can be done to prevent chronic conditions such as e.g. diabetes and high blood pressure?

• What makes it difficult to prevent these chronic conditions?

• What can help overcome the barriers?

• What can help motivate you to prevent diabetes and high blood pressure?

Health promotion

• Where do you usually learn about health?

• Who impacts how think about health? (e.g. your spouse, your mother, the doctor, the news …)

• How would more information help you to follow the guidelines on keeping healthy?

• How well do you understand the health advices that are provided?

• How do you judge if the health information is relevant to you?

• Whom do you trust to provide the best health advice?

• How do you know what to do to improve your health or your medical conditions?

Personal factors

• What personal factors influence diabetes?

• What personal factors influence high blood pressure?

• How do personal factors influence the development of non-communicable diseases?

Situational factors

• How does the local community impact the development of diabetes? High blood pressure?

• How does the local community prevent diabetes? High blood pressure?

Societal factors

• How does the society in Samoa influence the development of diabetes? High blood pressure?

• How does the society prevent diabetes? High blood pressure?

Health costs

• What are the cost implications of having diabetes? High blood pressure?

Lifestyle/health behaviour

• What are the impacts of diabetes on your lifestyle? On your health behavior?

• What are the impacts of high blood pressure on your lifestyle? On your health behavior?

Participation

• How does diabetes impact the participation in everyday life activities? and social activities?

• How does high blood pressure impact the participation in everyday life? and social activities?

Socio-economic factors/sustainability

• How does diabetes impact the financial sustainability?

• How does high blood pressure impact the financial sustainability?

• How does diabetes impact the ability to work?

• How does high blood pressure impact to work?